Chanda Smith Baker became president and CEO of the Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundation in August. She brings deep nonprofit leadership experience as well as family roots in both St. Paul and Minneapolis to her new role at the helm of the state’s largest community foundation. Baker says she takes a relational approach to the work, listening closely to and working in partnership with community leaders and organizations. Her substantive podcast, Conversations with Chanda, will continue, amplifying ideas and helping focus attention on uniting people around common purpose.